Antispreading device for railway-rails



M. JICHA. ANTISPREADING DEVICE FOR RAILWAY RAILS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21,1921- Patented Oct. 25, 1921,

STATES UNETE PATENT @FFEQE.

ANTISPREADING- DEVICE FOR RAILWAY-RAILS.

Specification of Letters Patcnt.

Patented flct. 25, 1921.

Application filed June '21, 1921. Serial No. 479,364.

To all'whomz't may concern:

Be it known that I, MATHEW home, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Bridgeport, county of Belmont, and State of Ohio, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Antispreading Devices for Railway-Rails, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates broadly to rail braces, and more specifically to an antispreading device for railway track-rails.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective anchoring device whereby railway track rails are securely held in relatively spaced positions, preventing spreading, and also whereby creeping of such rails is effectually prevented.

A further object is to provide a device of the character mentioned having a portion thereof performing the function of the usual fish-plate, or splice-bars, thereby dispensing with the latter.

A still further object is to provide a railanchoring anti-spreader embodying a transverse tie-rod which is adapted to be embedded in the ballast of the trackway at such a depth that it is not liable to be disturbed by broken and dragging bars, rods, or other parts of the mechanism of rolling stock passing over the trackway.

In describing the invention in detail reference is herein had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan View of the invention applied to the rails of a railway track, portions of the heads of the rails being shown broken away; 7

Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line 2-2, Fig. l; and

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the same.

The invention comprises an anchor of rectangular box-like form disposed in underly ing relation to each of the opposite trackrails of a railway at transversely opposite points, and a transverse tie-rod connecting said anchors and maintaining the spaced relation of the latter. Since it is designed that the device, or invention, be applied at each joint formed by meeting rails in the track- Way, and since the opposite rails are ordinarily disposed in joint-breaking relation, it is obvious that two such devices will be employed in each rail length and also that the anchor applied-to the railopposite a joint will occupy an intermediate position with respect to the ends of such rail.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the box-like anchor applied at a joint formed by meeting track-rails B, and A designates the anchor applied to the intermediate portion of the opposite track-rail B, said anchors being identical in construction, but differing in form in that the anchor A may be of less length than the anchor A.

Each anchor is composed of two identical members disposed in oppositely-facing relation, eachmember being of approximately U-shape in bottom plan and consisting of a depending longitudinally-extending apronlike side wall 1 and two opposite end walls 2. Each of said members is formed integral with and depends from the base-overlying portion of a bar 8 having a form similar to that of an ordinary type of angle-bar. The bars which embrace the rail joint are adapted for seating in opposing relation on the webs and bases of rails in the manner of ordinary angle-bars and to be secured by means of the usual attaching bolts 4. The bars-3 at the opposite side of the track way may obviously be, and preferably are, of shorter length than those used for splicing the abutting ends of rails and may be attached by means of a single bolt, as 5.

The anchor members may be made of heavy rolled metal sheets, in which case the wing like ends 2 are formed by shearing the sheet from its ends inward a suitable dis tance and then bending said wings inward to their proper positions'so that their top edges will directly underlie the bases of rails to which said members are applied. Said wings 2 preferably have such length that those of companion members will abut one upon the other, as shown, but they may manifestly be made of any desired shorter length.

Connecting the oppositely disposed an chors A and A is a tie-rod 6. Said rod has its opposite ends threaded and projected centrally through transversely alined holes 7 provided therefor in the side walls 1 of the anchor members. Nuts 8 carried by said threaded ends are adapted for adjustment into engagement with the opposite outer faces of said walls, as shown.

The location of the tie-rod 6 with respect to the anchors is such that it will ordinarily be embedded to a considerable depth in the ballast of the roadbed in which said anchors are sunken. Consequently, under ordinary conditions, said rod will not be disturbed by trailing broken or detached ends of rods de endin from cars aassin over the trackn p is and depending vertically from said. bars each of said members having inturned. vertically disposed wings adapted to have their upper edges disposed in underlying seated relation to a rail, and a transverse rod for connecting said anchoring devices and maintaining the latter in spaced relation.

2. An anti-spreading device for railway rails, comprising a pair of oppositely arranged anchoring devices; each of said devices consisting of a pair of bars of angle bar form for mounting in embracing rela tion to opposite sides of a rail, and anchor members formed integral with and depending from said bars; each of said members comprising a depending apron-like side wall,

and a transverse rod connecting said anvice, and nuts carried by said threaded ends disposed in seated relation to the outer faces of the various side walls.

,3. An anti-spreading device for railway rails, comprising a pair of oppositely arranged anchoring devices; each of said cle- "vices consisting of a pair of bars of anglebar form for mounting in embracing. relation to opposite sides of a rail, and anchor members formed. integral with and depending from said bars; each of said members comprising a dependingapron-.-like side wall and integral transversely disposed end wings, said wings being adapted for receiving the base of a trackv rail thereon, a transverse brace rod having its opposite ends projected through. the two side walls of each of said anchoring devices, and nuts adjustable 011 said rod into seated relation to each of the outer faces of the various side walls. I p

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses MATHEW J ICHA.

\ lVitnesses: WV. F. KEEFER, H. E. DUNLAP. 

